1967 PGA Championship: Don January wins at Columbine Country Club
Don January won the 1967 PGA Championship at Columbine Country Club in Littleton, Colorado with 281 (−7), beating Don Massengale in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1967 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- July 20, 1967 to July 24, 1967
- Course
- Columbine Country Club, Littleton, Colorado
- Edition
- 49th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,436 yards
- Field
- 143
- Made the cut
- 73 (cut at 151)
- Purse
- $148,200 · winner's share $25,000
- Champion
- Don January · age 37 · United States · born Plainview, Texas
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- Winning score
- 71-72-70-68 = 281 (−7)
- Runner-up
- Don Massengale
- 54-hole leader
- Dan Sikes (209) · Don January was 4 strokes back
- Playoff
- 18-hole playoff (Monday); beat Don Massengale; January 69; Massengale 71
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don January | 71 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Don Massengale | 70 | 75 | 70 | 66 | 281 | −7 |
What happened at the 1967 PGA Championship
Columbine played 7,436 yards at about 5,300 feet of altitude, the longest course in major championship history to that point.
Don January, four behind Dan Sikes entering the final round, shot 68 to tie Don Massengale (66), then won the last 18-hole playoff in PGA history, 69–71.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).